David Flory

Mr. Flory is an associate teaching professor in the Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences at Iowa State University. He teaches a variety of classes from the freshmen to senior level. He also serves as the department advising coordinator; co-coordinator for the Earth, Wind and Fire learning community; co-adviser for the student chapter of the American Meteorological Society; meteorology program technical contact/coordinator; and is responsible for the advising of ~20 undergraduate students.

Outside of the classroom, Mr. Flory specializes in computational meteorology and the creation, management, and data mining of large data sets. He has worked on a variety of research projects from climate modelling to numerical weather prediction. He has experience with a number of atmospheric models (most recently WRF and MM5) and has implemented these models on numerous platforms from single PC's and linux clusters to massively-parallel architectures.

Specialties: Computational meteorology, climate modeling, computer programming (FORTRAN, Python, C++, MPI, OpenMP), data analysis and visualization, teaching, system support in Linux and Windows.

Classes Taught

• Synoptic discussion (Mteor 1110, Freshmen level, 1 credit)
• Geoscience Orientation (Mteor 1120/1130, Freshmen level, 1 credit)
• Introductory Seminar (Mteor 2010, Sophomore level, R credit)
• Computational Meteorology (Mteor 2270, Sophomore level, 3 credit)
• General Meteorology (Mteor 3010, Sophomore level, 4 credit)
• Introduction to Synoptic Meteorology (Mteor 3110, Junior level, 2 credit)
• Instrumentation and Measurement  (Mteor 4320, Senior level, 3 credit (1 credit lab))

Honors and Awards

• 04/2024 - Wilbur L. Leyton Faculty Recognition Award, Division of Student Affairs, Iowa State University: recognizes collaboration with the Division of Student Affairs in serving students and supporting student success. 
• 09/2017 - Outstanding Achievement in Teaching award, Iowa State University: recognizes faculty members for outstanding teaching performance over an extended period of time.
• 09/2017 - Louis Thompson Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching award, Iowa State University: special designation recognizing an outstanding teacher who is dedicated to helping undergraduate students.
• 09/2015 - Outstanding Teaching by a Lecturer Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University.
• 05/2015 - Learning Community Scholarship Award, Iowa State Learning Communities, Iowa State University.
• 09/2014 - Learning Community Leadership Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University.
• 05/2014 - Learning Community Champion Award, Iowa State Learning Communities, Iowa State University.
• 09/2009 - Outstanding Teaching by a Lecturer Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University.
• 05/1995 - University Teaching Excellence Award, Iowa State University.
• 05/1994 - Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Physics, Iowa State University.